Dusting-brush.



No'. 815,593., PATBNTED- MAR. 20, 1906.,

G. KOCH. DUSTING BRUSH; APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, 1904.

No. 815,593. I

1 nNITEn STATES PATENT OFFICE- Application filed December 27, 1904. Serial No. 238,522.

To ctZZ whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, GUSTAV K0011, a citizen of the United States, residing at- New- York, Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements in Dusting-Brushes, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will en'- able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of brushes which are particularly adapted for use in dustingofl objects such as bric-a-brac, furni- 'ture, hangings, and also by barbers for brush.-,

- ing the short hairs off the faces and heads of 4 brush'which is composed or made up of slencustomers after hair-cutting.

The object of this invention is to'provide an economical dusting-brush and means for connecting the same with a handle by which the head of the brush is compressed in a socket in the end of the handle, and when a brush is worn out it can be removed and replaced by another and the handle thus used repeatedly' In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the improved brush or dusterand the handle thereof, which is partly shown in section. Fig. 2 represents a bunch of the filaments secured together at the center preparatory to being formed into a brush. Fig. 3 represents another mode ofv connecting the filaments together and showing also the device for connecting the brush with the handle. Fig. 4 represents the brush made from the filaments fastened together, as shown b Fig. 3, and connected with the handle, whic is shown partly in section, also illustrating.

the device for holding the filaments in the brush together above the handle.

Referring to the-drawings, A represents a der flexible hair-like filaments, preferably the stems of Indian grass, which are of a uniform diameter and possess great flexibility and strength. A bunch of these filaments 'of,

say, twice the length of thebrush are-laid tov gether lengthwise and fastened together at the center by means of the Wire band a. The

' bunch is then doubled, bringing the two ends together and forming the head B. All the filaments or fibers being bound together by means of the wire band at the center, they are Specification of Letters. Patent.

held positively the ring, and they cannot of fibers is avoided and the durability of the brush'insured. The head B is 'drawn through a metal ring 0, provided with exterior screwthreads. The handle D is formed with a socket E interiorly screw-threaded at its outer end. To connect the brush with the handle, it is inserted in the socket in the handle, and the latter is screwed to the metal ring C, and the head is thus compressed between the metal ring and the bottom of the socket and the brus thereby firmly secured.

A cheaper but e ually efficient method of connecting the bru h a metal strip F, Fig. 5, made from a flat strip of metal having a tongue at'one end and a slot at the other, is formed into a band a, by

clenching the same, as shown by Fig. 6. The

ring is provided with a screwd. The bunch of fibers, Fig. 3, is fastened by passing this brush and securing it in the socket, in addition to the fastening by means of the screw d.

-1. In a dusting-brush a handle provided with an internally-Screw-threaded socket, a brush composed of filaments doubled and fastened together at the center transversely in the socket of the handle, and a screwthreaded ring passed over the brush and ments together circumferentially and fasten the head of the brush in the socket, substantially as specified.

2. A dusting-brush made froma bunch of filaments doubled and secured. together at fall out or be pulled out in use, and thusloss Fig. 4 shows a ring 0 screwed into the socket B for compressing the head of the,

I with the handle is illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4. In this construction passing the tongue through the slot andband around the center of the bunch and by a band to form a head, which is inserted screwed into the socket to clamp the filathe middle by means of a metallic band which In testimony that I claim the invention clasps the same, the doubled end with the above set f'ci'rth I have afiixed my signature metallic band forming a head, in COIH'blIlflr inpresence of two Witnesses.

tion with ahandle having a socket intowhich 1 GUSTAV KOCH; 5 the head of the brush is inserted, and means Witnesses:

for fastening the said head in the socket;- I CHAS. RAUDNITZ,

substantially as specified ADOLPH RAUDNITZ; 

